The Three Natures and Non-Natures in the Mind-Only SchoolThis is the second volume in Jeffrey Hopkins' valuable series on the Mind-Only School of Buddhism and a focal description of it in Dzong-ka-ba's The Essence of Eloquence. Dzong-ka-ba (1357-1419) is generally regarded as one of the greatest Tibetan philosophers, and his "Mind-Only" discourse on emptiness is considered a landmark in Buddhist philosophy. In Volume I, Emptiness in the Mind-Only School of Buddhism, Hopkins provided a translation of the introduction and the section on the Mind-Only School in The Essence of Eloquence. The present volume places this enigmatic and influential exposition in its historical and philosophical contexts. Reflections on Reality conveys the intellectual vibrancy of the different cultural interpretations of this text and expands the key philosophical issues it addresses.Together with Hopkins' first volume, this book presents an innovative and engaging discussion of philosophical issues, varying interpretations, and textual controversies that together constitute an essential introduction to the Tibetan Buddhist metaphysical imagination.

Reflections on Reality: The Three Natures and Non-Natures in the Mind-Only School, Jeffrey Hopkins, University of California Press, 598 pages, $70.00

Jeffrey Hopkins is Professor of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Virginia. His more than twenty-five books include Emptiness in the Mind-Only School of Buddhism (California, 1999) and Cultivating Compassion (2001) and, as translator-editor, His Holiness the Dalai Lama's How to Practice (2002) and The Meaning of Life (2000).

PrefaceTechnical Notes

Part One: BackgroundPart Two: Religous Significance of the Three Natures of PhenomenaPart Three: Examining the Sutra Unraveling the ThoughtPart Four: Thoroughly Established Nature Endowed with Buddha QualitiesPart Five: Views on the Two EmptinessesPart Six: Undermining Error